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Date:      Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:31:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
To:        ponds!freefall.cdrom.com!freebsd-hackers, ponds!lakes.water.net!rivers
Subject:   Nameserver and 'rlogin' in 2.1.5.
Message-ID:  <199608161331.JAA00547@lakes.water.net>

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You may have read my recent sendmail findings - where I related
a different DNS problem...

This has to do with rlogin.

I have two machines handling my non-internet domain "water.net".

One of them is named 'ponds' (the primary nameserver - 10.0.0.1) the other 
'lakes' (the secondry nameserver 10.0.0.3).  /etc/resolv.conf on both
of these machines looks like:

domain water.net
nameserver 10.0.0.1
nameserver 10.0.0.3

Now, if I'm on lakes and issue:

	rlogin ponds

I have to wait for a nameserver timeout before the rlogin completes.
(Of course, since I can't contact the top domain servers - this takes
a *long* time to timeout...  I'm not connected to the "real" internet
very often.)

But, if I'm on ponds and say:

	rlogin ponds
	  or
	rlogin lakes

I get no problems (real fast - no waiting on DNS.)


Also, if I'm on lakes and say:

	rlogin lakes

I have to similarly wait for a nameserver timeout before completing
the login... logging into the same machine?

I'm betting its a nameserver issue because I can delete /etc/resolv.conf
on both machines and things complete in their usual timely fashion...


I'm not sure what's going on here, especially since it's not
symmetric...  does anyone have a clue (I thought that maybe
I had a typo in the reverse IP-> name mappings... but I can't see it...)

I've included my named.boot and the other files for the primary
server...  hints/suggestions would be *very* welcome :-)

Other than the rlogin problem - DNS seems to work very well...


	 - Thanks -
	- Dave Rivers -

-------------------- named.boot ---------------------------------------
directory /etc/namedb

primary water.net		db.water
primary 0.0.10.in-addr.arpa	db.10.0.0
primary 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa	db.127.0.0
cache	.			db.cache
-------------------- db.water ---------------------------------------
water.net. IN SOA ponds.water.net. lakes.water.net. (
		1	; Serial
		10800	; Refresh after 3 hours
		3600	; Retry after 1 hour
		604800	; Expire after 1 week
		86400	) ; Minimum TTL of 1 day


;
;	Name servers
;
water.net.  IN NS ponds.water.net.
water.net.  IN NS lakes.water.net.

;
; Addresses for the canonical names
;

localhost.water.net.	IN A	127.0.0.1
ponds.water.net.	IN A	10.0.0.1
streams.water.net.	IN A	10.0.0.2
lakes.water.net.	IN A	10.0.0.3
ponds-slip.water.net.	IN A	10.0.0.4
rivulet.water.net.	IN A	10.0.0.5
trickle.water.net.	IN A	10.0.0.6

-------------------- db.10.0.0 ---------------------------------------
0.0.10.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ponds.water.net. lakes.water.net. (
		1	; Serial
		10800	; Refresh after 3 hours
		3600	; Retry after 1 hour
		604800	; Expire after 1 week
		86400	) ; Minimum TTL of 1 day


;
;	Name servers
;
0.0.10.in-addr.arpa. 	IN NS ponds.water.net.
0.0.10.in-addr.arpa. 	IN NS lakes.water.net.

;
; Addresses point to the canonical name

1.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR ponds.water.net.
2.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR streams.water.net.
3.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR lakes.water.net.
4.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR ponds-slip.water.net.
5.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR rivulet.water.net.
6.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR trickle.water.net.

-------------------- db.127.0.0 ---------------------------------------
0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ponds.water.net. lakes.water.net. (
			1	; Serial
			10800	; Refresh after 3 hours
			3600	; Retry after 1 hour
			604800	; Expire after 1 week
			86400 )	; Minimum TTL of 1 day

0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.	IN NS	ponds.water.net.
0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.	IN NS	lakes.water.net.

1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.	IN PTR	localhost.
-------------------- db.cache ---------------------------------------
.			99999999  IN NS  a.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  b.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  c.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  d.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  e.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  f.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  g.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  h.root-servers.net.
.			99999999  IN NS  i.root-servers.net.
a.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   198.41.0.4
b.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   128.9.0.107
c.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   192.33.4.12
d.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   128.8.10.90
e.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   192.203.230.10
f.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   192.5.5.241
g.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   192.112.36.4
h.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   128.63.2.53
i.root-servers.net.	99999999  IN A   192.36.148.17



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